Money has shaped the justice system for centuries through common law tort principles that balance financial restitution with moral accountability. But over several decades, that balance has collapsed. Wall Street and other big investors are now allying themselves with trial attorneys to take stakes in litigation outcomes. They have entered the courtroom through third-party litigation funding and accelerated the decline of justice from a pursuit of truth into a profit-driven enterprise.

What began as a system designed to make victims whole has become one in which financiers gamble on corporate risk aversion and human suffering. By stripping away the ethical restraints that once guided tort law, monetized justice has created a moral hazard, turning the courtroom into something between

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